Overture Films Starring: Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin Directed by: Christine Jeffs Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Rose (Amy Adams) enlists the help of her sister Norah (Emily Blunt) to start a business cleaning crime scenes to pay for her son’s private tuition. Purr Blur: On their first […]
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Blackway (2015)
Enderby Entertainment Starring: Julia Stiles, Ray Liotta, Anthony Hopkins Directed by: Daniel Alfredson Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Lillian (Julia Stiles) moves to a logging town when her mother dies and seeks aid when a local crime boss starts to harrass her. Kitty Cameo: At the beginning of the […]
The Westerner – “The Courting of Libby”
Original Air Date: November 11, 1960 Starring: Brian Keith, John Dehner Directed by: Sam Peckinpah Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Dave Blassingame (Brian Keith) falls for the beautiful Libby (Joan O’Brien) but finds a rival in the slick Burgundy Smith (John Dehner). Cat Cattle Call: At the beginning of the episode […]
The Magic Riddle (1991)
Yoram Gross Films Starring: Ross Higgins, Robyn Moore Directed by: Yoram Gross Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A cacophony of fairy tales get mashed when a kindly grandmother tells a story. Cartoon Cat: The story focuses on a girl named Cinderella, or Cindy for short, who is living with […]
Noisy Noises (1929)
Hal Roach Studios Starring: Joe Cobb, Bobby ‘Wheezer’ Hutchins Directed by: Robert F. McGowan Synopsis: Poor Joe is stuck dealing with annoying noises while babysitting his screaming baby brother Rupert and watching over the bug killing Wheezer, all while nursing a terrible toothache. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The tabby cat which appeared in the Our Gang short The Spanking […]
Within (2016)
New Line Cinema Starring: Erin Moriarty, Michael Vartan Also Starring: Mr. Krinkles, Cheeto Directed by: Phil Claydon Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The Alexander family, a widower with his new wife and teenaged daughter, move into a new home in a suburban neighborhood hoping for a fresh start only […]
Boudu sauvé des eaux (1932)
English Title: Boudu Saved from Drowning Crédit Cinématographique Français (CCF) Starring: Michel Simon, Charles Granval Directed by: Jean Renoir Synopsis: Bookseller Édouard Lestingois (Charles Granval) rescues Boudu (Michel Simon), a tramp who tries to kill himself, then feels responsible for his the man’s life. Kitty Cameo: At night in one scene the neighbor is playing his flute. A Bengal striped […]
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC) Starring: Cate Blanchett, Ralph Fiennes Directed by: Gillian Armstrong Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The story of two misfits from the mid-1880’s; Oscar (Ralph Fiennes), an Anglican priest, and Lucinda (Cate Blanchett), a headstrong Australian girl who comes into a fortune and buys […]
Birth (2004)
New Line Cinema Starring: Nicole Kidman, Cameron Bright, Arliss Howard Directed by: Jonathan Glazer Synopsis: A ten year old boy named Sean (Cameron Bright) tries to convince a woman named Anna (Nicole Kidman) that he is the reincarnation of her late husband. Purr Blur: In one scene the young Sean is sitting with the late Sean’s brother-in-law named Bob […]
Native Land (1942)
Frontier Films Narrated by: Paul Robeson Directed by: Leo Hurwitz, Paul Strand Synopsis: A docu-drama using film footage, photographs and recreated scenes to tell the story of the civil rights battles fought between corporate America and the fledgling unions. Kitty Cameos: At the beginning of the first recreation, several animals are seen on a farm. In one shot the […]
